Broiling-oven.



Nb. 678,308. Patented July 9; 190|.

E. E. TUBI".

BROILNG OVEN. (Appliution med ApnO, 1901.)

'(llo lodal.)

NTTED STATES PATENT Fries.

ELLEN E. TOBIN, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,308, dated July 9,1901.

Application led April 20, 1901.

T0 all whom, t may concorre.-

Be it known that I, ELLEN E. TOBIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broiling-Ovens; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in broilers forgas and other ovens; and it consists in the provision of a pan of anysuitable shape having transverse rods or wires extending between theside walls and in the provision of two broiling-grates which are hingedtogether at corresponding edges and provided with adjustable means forholding the free edges apart and locking same in an adjusted position,the free edges of the broiling-grates being provided with handles whichare adapted to rest in notches in one side or the other of the pan,accordingly as the broiler is turned in one direction or the other.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claims and is clearly illustratedin the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of referencemarked thereon, form part of this application, and in which drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my broiler as adjusted in placewithin the pan. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the broiler. Fig. 3is a detail view of the adjusting device for holding the free edges ofthe broiler together, and Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the rods in thepan on which the broiler rests and on which rods the broiler is turnedor reversed.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a pan of any suitable construction, 'which is provided withtwo horizontally-disposed rods B, extending between the longitudinalwalls of the pan, which walls are notched on opposite edges, as shown.The broiler comprises the two jaws or grates C, which are hinged to-Serial No. 56,740. (No model.)

gether at C along their longitudinal edges. Each free edge of the jawsis provided with a handle D, which is slotted, as at D. These handlesare adapted to-be seated in one or the other of said notches when thebroiler is placed within the pan and resting upon said rods. A catch E,having one or more elongated slots therein, is placed over said handlesto hold the same nearer to or farther apart, and to hold said catch in.place I provide a link K, which has right-angled ends and which isadapted to be placed in registering apertures or slots in said handlesafter the catch has been adjusted in place. IVhen said link,with itscross-heads,is placed .in the registering slots, it maybe turned atright angles, thereby holding said link within the `slots in the handleand the latch in an adjusted position.

When it is desired to turn the broiler, the handles are grasped andraised and the hinged edges of the jaws are allowed to rest upon saidrods and slid from one longitudinal side of the dish or pan to theother, and when the broiler has been reversed the handles are alL lowedto rest in the other notch in the longitudinal edge of t-he pan.

What I claim isl. A broiler, comprising in combination with a pan havinghorizontally-disposed rods therein, the jaws hinged together andprovided with handles and adjustable means for holding said handlestogether, the walls of the pan being notched to receive said handles, asset forth.

2. In combination with the broiler comprising two jaws hinged together,and having slotted handles, a slotted plate held over said handles, anddesigned to hold the latter in adjusted positions, and means for holdingsaid plate in place, as set forth.

- 3. In combination with the jaws ofa broiler hinged together andprovided with slotted handles, a plate having a plurality of slots,designed to engage over said handles, and a link with cross-headsadapted to'engage said slots, and retain said plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. ELLEN E. TOBIN. Witnesses:

JENNIE TOBIN, AGNES TOBIN.

IOO

